A bone to pick with lobbyists

Regarding an article in Sunday's Sentinel, "Did bailout also benefit lobbyists?": I have a special bone to pick with the lobbyists of our government, and I see this as another example of just how much our government is for sale to the highest bidder.

I don't believe it's a stretch to draw the conclusion that banking lobbyists got us into this credit fiasco with their activities to influence our so-called leaders on banking regulation during the past 20 years or so. Now, after all we've been through, they have the audacity to use the money to lobby the government.

I restrain myself from sounding shrill and hysterical, but where is the outrage here? I don't see that they have any constitutional right to influence our government the way they do. To petition the government for action does not give these corporations or special interests the constitutional right to have exclusive influence. This activity is wholly undemocratic and an affront to my sense of fairness regarding how we should be represented and led.